بانو

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /bānūg/), from Proto-Iranian *dáms-páθnīH (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍‎ (dəmąnō.paθnī), Northern Kurdish banî), from Proto-Indo-European *déms pótnih₂ (“mistress of the house”) (compare Ancient Greek δέσποινᾰ (déspoina, “lady”)), female counterpart to *déms pótis (“master of the house”), which is also the source of the name ‎ (mânbod). Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bɑːˈnuː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /bɑːˈnuː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /bɒːˈnuː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /bɔˈnu/

Noun

بانو • (bânu) (plural بانوان‎ (bânovân) or بانوها‎ (bânu-hâ))

Iranian Persian	بانو
Dari	بانو
Tajik	бону (bonu)

lady
Synonym: خانم‎ (xânom)

Descendants

→ Georgian: ბანოვანი (banovani) (from the plural)

Proper noun

بانو • (bânu)

a female given name, Banu, Banoo, or Banou, from Middle Persian

Descendants

→ Bashkir: Баныу (Banıw)
→ Turkish: Banu
→ Urdu: بانو‎ (bānū)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (bānū, “lady; queen”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.nuː/, /bɑː.noː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /bɑː.nuː/, /bɑː.noː/
Hyphenation: با‧نُو

Noun

بانو or بانو • (bānū or bāno) f (Hindi spelling बानू or बानो)

References

“بانو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بانو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John Thompson (1884), “بانو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
“بانو”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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